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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Mar 20, 2018 21:01:58 GMT -5
There is a book on Adobe Autocad (a particular software program) that in my library is in the 620 Dewey section. Only books about CAD software in general should be in that part of 620. Books about particular software products, like Adobe's Autocad, all get squeezed in the 000 section. When I saw that, I requested that my library reclassify the book, but they declined. Months later I saw in the Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publications Data page of the book that the LOC had classified it in 620. So it wasn't my libraries fault after all; it was Congress! I'll let you know how it goes with them.
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Post by SUVFan on Mar 21, 2018 19:59:06 GMT -5
LOL. Good luck on that project, CK! Though you might have better luck with the Library of Congress than the body itself!
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Post by wb6yyz on Apr 14, 2018 0:23:04 GMT -5
I thought that the Library of Congress had their own classification system, not Dewey decimal. E.G "TC540-558 Dams. Barrages" under the LC system. Dewey Decimal would have it under number 624, Civil Engineering.
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Post by picturefreak on Apr 14, 2018 15:17:38 GMT -5
I was always wondering about the "000" section...
I've seen quite a few books about specific programs now being distributed among the rest of the collection by category, most of them ending up in 6xx.xxxx. Many trips around the sun ago I did see those kinds of books in 000, but no longer. Don't know if 000 used to be "unclassified" versus now being placed in more appropriate sections...
... and when you think CAD, the first program that comes to mind is AutoCAD despite there are TONS of CAD tools available nowadays...
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Apr 20, 2018 6:09:57 GMT -5
The LOC may have their own system, but the Cataloging in Publication blurb shows Dewey as well. Here's a typical one: Futrell, Charles.
ABC's of relationship selling through service / Charles M. Futrell, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. -- 12e.
pages cm. -- (Brill's Indological library ; v. 36)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-07-802893-9 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Selling I. Title.
HF5438.25.F868 2012
658.85--dc23
2012028642 You can see that they include the Dewey, so I guess ordinary librarians will simply quake in their boots and use it. 000 – Computer science, information & general works 100 – Philosophy and psychology 200 – Religion 300 – Social sciences 400 – Language 500 – Pure Science 600 – Technology 700 – Arts & recreation 800 – Literature 900 – History & geography Computer science has the works providing instructions for specific programs, e.g. Autocad, whereas 600 has the works covering the field of the type of program, e.g. CAD. |
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Post by Interesting on Aug 11, 2018 1:03:47 GMT -5
How about a particular book that have two distinct dewey decimal system numbers, how typical is that?
I saw the public library having two copies of the same book with different DDS numbers...
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Aug 11, 2018 17:12:34 GMT -5
If you run across any books with different copies having different Deweys, ask a librarian why that is so. Is it just a matter opinion or did someone goof? Just out of curiosity, name the book and give the Deweys here.
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Post by Interesting on Aug 14, 2018 23:43:33 GMT -5
Indeed I somehow spotted two copies of the same book in the library in two different locations...with two different DDS numbers.
It's a hardcover National Electric Code book, forgot who wrote it. One copy was in 3xx and the other is in 6xx. Will have to take better notes of the particular book. The 3xx copy was in better shape IIRC, the 6xx copy shows signs of wear.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Aug 30, 2018 18:42:28 GMT -5
300 is for social sciences, so it is wrong for the NEC or any technical matters not pertaining to why you buy one brand of dish soap over another or whatnot. 600 is where the electrical and other technical stuff belongs. I would take the 300 book to the librarian and get them to correct it. The NEC is expensive, so should be on the shelf where it is expected. At my library, the current NEC is in the reference section (look, but can't check out), with older—technically obsolete—versions on the shelves (or can be called in from other branches) for checkout. The NEC is published by the NFPA (not to be confused with AFL-CIO, LSMFT and E-I-E-I-O). There is an initialism/acronym for just about everything these days, and one wonders how today's kids learn what they all mean; there could be an entire class just on that to prevent them from growing up more ignorant than they do. BTW, I never looked in 300 before in my life, and being at the library at the moment, I took a look and saw Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs. It looked interesting, so I'm checking it out. Thanks. |
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Sept 11, 2018 19:02:34 GMT -5
Following up on Appletopia: it sucked. It was written in dense "PhD-thesisease;" don't use two words when ten will do. There was a couple of interesting inside-Apple points, but not worth the effort of taking a rowboat out into a sea of peanut butter without a very powerful outboard motor. Phooey!
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Post by Interesting on Sept 12, 2018 17:35:52 GMT -5
I don't know what prompted me to look in the 300 section. I perhaps was looking around for something related to economics, that may sort of be related to social sciences, but was surprised at the copy of a book describing the NEC there.
Perhaps the book name had "Code" in it, related to laws, rules, and regulations...and thus social sciences... Uh... sorry, that was a really long shot.
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